A criminal case has been initiated in the Special Investigation Service of the RA regarding the alleged crime of legalization (money laundering) of particularly large property obtained through criminal means (money laundering) by the former First Deputy Head of the State Protection Service of the National Security Service of the RA Vachagan Ghazaryan and his wife Ruzanna Beglaryan, as provided for in Article 190, Part 3, Clause 1 of the RA Criminal Code.

According to the press service of the SIS, according to the factual data obtained during the preliminary investigation of the criminal case being investigated by the Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Armenia, spouses V. Ghazaryan and R. Beglaryan actually managed the profit obtained from the activities of the “Yans” complex. In the period from 2013 to May 2018, the latter organized tax evasion of more than 771 million AMD on a particularly large scale related to the activity of the said complex.

According to the above-mentioned factual data, V. Ghazaryan and R. Beglaryan, with the aim of hiding or distorting the criminal origin of these funds (property), acting with a prior agreement, converted (converted) particularly large amounts of funds obtained through criminal means, investing them as deposits in various banks operating in RA and received income in the form of accrued interest, and also purchased real estate with the said funds, which they rented out and received income.

An investigation is underway.